Gaborone vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$243	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	39	43
😀 Quality of life	61	49
🏙️ Population	236K	6.65M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 7% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 7301st and 7637th ($668 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 136th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.1 months in Hengyang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Hengyang

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	Gaborone	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$7438

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599